a technique of composing a work of art by pasting on a single surface various materials not normally associated with one another, as newspaper clippings, parts of photographs, theater tickets, and fragments of an envelope.

a work of art produced by this technique. Compare assemblage ( def. 3 ) .

an assemblage or occurrence of diverse elements or fragments in unlikely or unexpected juxtaposition

The experimental play is a collage of sudden scene shifts, long monologues, musical interludes, and slapstick.

a film that presents a series of seemingly unrelated scenes or images or shifts from one scene or image to another suddenly and without transition.

to make a collage of

The artist has collaged old photos, cartoon figures, and telephone numbers into a unique work of art.

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abstract composition , found art , photomontagenotes:collage meaning \'a pasting\' (french colle \'paste , glue\') is bits pasted together , decoupage \'to cut out\' is designs cut out and mounted , then varnished or lacquered; and montage is a composition of complete or partial photographs or prints - superimposed to make a blended whole